婁子

See also: 娄子

Chinese

		(star); surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (婁子)		婁	子
simp. (娄子)		娄	子
alternative forms		漏子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lou²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou.tzy
    • Palladius: лоуцзы (louczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

婁子

1. (colloquial) trouble; blunder

Synonyms

• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 疑難／疑难 (yínán)
• 矛盾
• 茶包 (chábāo) (slang)
• 難題／难题 (nántí)
• 難點／难点 (nándiǎn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)

 

Derived terms

• 捅婁子／捅娄子 (tǒng lóuzi)